As if we needed more evidence to prove that racism in the Republican Party is a feature, not a bug, look no further than Minnesota GOP Senate candidate Karin Housley, who was just busted for having posted racist remarks about former First Lady Michelle Obama on Facebook.

An investigation by HuffPostdiscovered that in 2009, Housley compared Michelle to the chimpanzee in Ronald Reagan’s 1951 film “Bedtime for Bonzo,” a disgusting racist trope beloved by conservatives for its vile dehumanization of African-Americans.

Housley was already trailing current sitting Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) by 16 points and is a longshot to claim the seat filled by Smith last year after Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) resigned following eight serious sexual harassment complaints.

It seems like every other week we’re treated to a story about how a Republican state legislator or House Representative finds themselves in hot water for making racist remarks on Facebook, often targeted at the Obamas.

Their willingness to display their racism in a public forum and to not even feel the need to go back and erase it years later shows that they feel their racism is a selling point, not a disqualifier. Nobody who believes that deserves to hold public office, and it’s time we taught these racists a lesson in the upcoming midterm elections.